Roads Development Optimization for All-Season Service Accessibility Improvement in Rural Nepal Using a Novel Cost-Time Model and Evolutionary Algorithm

Roads Development Optimization for All-Season Service Accessibility Improvement in Rural Nepal Using a Novel Cost-Time Model and Evolutionary Algorithm

Existing methods of prioritizing rural roads for construction in hilly and mountainous settings require expensive data collection or major simplifications of ground conditions. Traditional social surplus based-methods favor economic and political decision criteria over social criteria, despite...

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Main Authors: Heyns, Andries, Banick, Robert, Regmi, Suraj
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:
RURAL ROADS
POVERTY
MONSOON SEASON
INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING
CONNECTIVITY
POLITICAL ECONOMY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/486171611677840463/Roads-Development-Optimization-for-All-Season-Service-Accessibility-Improvement-in-Rural-Nepal-Using-a-Novel-Cost-Time-Model-and-Evolutionary-Algorithm
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35073

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/486171611677840463/Roads-Development-Optimization-for-All-Season-Service-Accessibility-Improvement-in-Rural-Nepal-Using-a-Novel-Cost-Time-Model-and-Evolutionary-Algorithm
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35073

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